Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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IMPROVED FUSIBLE POWDERED METAL PASTE
This invention relates to a paste vehicle
and a heat-fusible metal powder paste. The vehicle i5
especially use~ul for making noncorrosive
metalliferous pastes for joining by soft soldering~
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND PRIOR ART
The joining or coating, using a fusible soft
solder metal powder-containing paste can be done
efficiently, provided, however, that upon heating and
before fusion of the metal, the soft solder metal
powder containing paste exhibits controlled hot slump;
in other words, the metal powder stays substantially
where and as the paste was deposited on the substrate.
This primary property has been dir~icult to obtain
with conventional metal powder-containing pastes. The
instant vehlcles and pastes provide such property.
Restriction of ~low of any resulting fused
metal (that is a lack of general spreading), except
into intended jolnts or to form intended ~oints as in
the joining o~ electronic components to printed
circuit boards or hybrid circuit board to avoid
bridging in surface mounted device attachments, are
other propertie~ desired. The inventive products here
can also provide desired restriction of metal flow on
remelting. For most electronic oldering purposes at
~ this time, the composi~ion must be~free of corrosive
agents such as inorganic salts.
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Soft solder pastes, for example, (melting
below 400C., preferably below 330c.) usually contain
tin and lead; a little silver often is alloyed with
the tin, particularly for electronic work, e.g., for
making microelectronic connections. Soft solder
pastes now are experiencing wider acceptance in
industry, primarily because pastes are more readily
adapted to automated manufacture and screen printing
on a substrate than are the more conventional and
manually effected solder bar, separate flux and iron,
or solder wire (e.g., one containing the flux in a
core within the wire) and an iron. The make-up of
prior powder metal-containing paste compositions has
been largely influenced by the prior practices
particularly in respect of fluxing or surface
preparing agents. These have comprised substantial
portions of organic acids, e.g., rosin acid, inorganic
salt materials, e.g., zinc chloride, ammonium
chloride, borax and the like, and rosin-based fluxes.
These soft solder compositions have not been
entirely satisfactory in a number of respects. First,
because of the presence of inorganic salt fluxes they
have tended to be corrosive to the base metal or ~o
introduce water as water of hydration leading to
spattering. This problem was alleviated to a great
extent with rosin-based flux vehicles. However the
rosin-based fluxes or vehlcles permit excessive
movement of the solder particles away from the
deposition site on heating; they also often give rise
to sputtering and "dewetting" which leaves a residue
as a halo around the solder joint. Their solder
pastes have been prone to excessive solder balling,
i.e., the ~ormation of discrete minute balls o~ soft
solder. This is highly undesirable and leads to
electrical bridging across what should be electrically
isolated connections especially on printed circuit
boards.
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In the preferred embodiment of a soft solder
composition an alkali solubilized in a polyhydric
alcohol, P.g., glycerine, acts as a fluxing agent and
improves solderability. For best results herein, in a
soft solder metal powder, a slump control system and
an inorganic salt-free fluxing system are present.
The compositions hereof are practically noncorrosive
and easy to formulate and handle. They are readily
adaptable to screen printing. Disadvantages attendank
prior compositions, such as spattering due to
evolution of water vapor, solder balling and bridging,
corrosivity, dewetting, tenacious residue, failure of
the solder to melt due to excessive oxidation, etc.,
are not observed in the mekal-bearing pastes here.
"Inorganic metal salts" are metal or ammonium salts of
inorganic acids Langels "Handbook of Chemistry", 10th
Edition, pp. 209-333.
To better understand the applications of
solder pastes, rsference may be had to "Technology of
Electronic Grade 5O1der Pastes" Taylor et al, Solid
Sta~e Technology, September 1981, pages 127-135.
B ~ f gne prior pa~te composition is disclosed by
Knot~ 1,772,952. This paste comprises a solder metal
powder, an amine and a binder or vehiale such as
vaseline. These aompositions do not, however, possess
antislump properties which are currently in demand in
the electronics industry. U.S. Patent 2,493,372 to
Williams dated 3 January 1950 discloses a paste
composition including a metal powder, e.g., tin-lead,
a salt ~lux, and a C, H and 0 compound. Reference may
also be had to U.S. Patent 3,954j494 dated 4 May 1976
which disclosec a wax-flux composition. U.S. Patent
804,664 also shows a tin-lead metal powder paste in a
vaseline - glycerine - inorganic salt flux system.
Another solder pasta composition comprising
powdered solder, a resin, a salt of an amino acid
ester and a solvent is discussed by Melchiors et al in
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Patent 3,065,538 dated 27 November 1962.
Another aqueoSus base solder composition
is shown by Johnson in~Patent No.: 3,073,270 dated
15 ~anuary 1963.
Also exemplary o~ prior solder past~
compositions is the patent to Petersen et a~ 3,925,112
dated 9 December 1975. According to this invention,
there are provided emulsified self-cleaning soldering
fluxes having an aqueous phase including from 2 to 30
pbw (parts by weight) of a water soluble hydrazine
salt and an oil phase including from 5 to 50 parts of
a mixtuxe of petrolatum and wax. Also provided are
water solutions of 2 to 30 pbw of the water soluble
hydrazine salt, up to 5 parts of a vegetable gum
thickener, a wetting agent and the balance water.
Another prior paste composition is disclosed
by Mastrangelo in U.S. Patent 4,273,593 dated 16 June
1981. This paste comprises a solder metal powder and a
vehicle, the latter being a hydroxypropyl cellulose
blended with glycerine and/or water and further
blended with a mixture o~ polya].koxyalkanols.
It has now been found that an improved
vehicle ~or the instant powdered metal solder pastes
is pro~ided as an essentially inorganic salt free
nonaqueous vehicle medium comprising a normally liquid
nonaqueous organic liquid composition as an antislump
agent, usually and preferably including a polyhydric
alcohol system, characterized in that the liquid has a
minimum surface tension of 43 dynes/cm (20C.), and
generally ~rom 43 to 65 or higher dynes/cm. Such
vehicle system provides a slum control property to the
metal bearing paste such that when it is heated toward
the melting point of the soft solder metal powder,
e.g., 118C. to 325C., the shape of the deposit is
substantially maintained until the metal ~uses.
Although as will be seen ~rom Table I below, a
nonaqueous liquid having a surface tension above 43
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dynes/cm. may be used in the vehicles hereof, polyols
are the most practical antislump materials and the
invention will be described with re~erence to
polyols for convenience.
These vehicles also desirably include a low
surface energy material such as a nonhydrocarbon
binder material which contains carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen. The binder, which is preferably solid or
semi-solid (e.g~, grease like) desirably melts, of
cour~e, and wets the substrate around the deposit, but
carries no significant amount of the metal particles
with it. Although binders having melting points aboYe
15C. are preferred, in certain embodiments normally
liquid hydrocarbons such as hexane, cyclohexane,
toluene or mixtures thereof, e.g., mineral spirits,
may also be included in the vehicles hereof. The high
surface energy material serves as a binder under heat
conditions to hold the particles in position. Also
the nonhydrocarbon binder is easily cleaned, along
with any residue that may be left, away from the joint
or surrounding area. The nonhydrocarbon binder by
itself is incapable of imparting slump control
properties to a powdered metal contained therein. In
the preferred powdered metal compositions especially
adapted for screen printing, no dewetting is observed.
Surprisingly, even after melting, the ~usible metal
resists ru~ning from the site of application. Of
course, in soft solder compositions there is also need
for a fluxing agent. Such agent serves to clean the
surfaces of the substrates or joining metal as well as
the solder particles, and to inhibit the Eormation of
oxide coating on the solder particles as the
temperature is elevated toward melting.
~he desirable properties of antislump, anti-
corrosion and freedom from spattering in the metal-
bearing pastes here are not observed in prior composi-
tions known to me. Other additives may desirably be
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present as will be pointad out below. The instant
pastes have no water in them other than insignificant
amounts possibly present as adventitious impurity that
might be associated with good quality technical grade
ingredients. No water is added deliberately as such
or as a hydrate; so it can be said that the instant
pastes and vehicles are "nonaqueous" as a practical
matter. Also, it has been found that the high surface
tension liguid, e.g., a polyol, can be a single com-
ponent vehicle or a part of a multicomponent vehicle,i.e., including also a nonhydrocarbon binder. The
substrate on which th~ paste is deposited has no
signifiaant effect on the hot slump resistance.
BRIEF STATEME_T OF THE INVENTION
Briefly stated, the present invention is a
nonaqueous or anhydrous inorganic salt-free, powdered
solder metal paste composition comprising a major
amount of a soft solder metal powder and a minor
amount of a paste vehicle containing a noncorrosive
anhydrous fluxing agent, and antislump composition
comprising a nonaqueous liquid composition having a
surfaae tension above 43 dyne~/cm. at 20C.,
preferably a polyol containing from 2 to 6 hydroxyl
groups and having a surface energy of from 43 to 65 or
higher dynes/cm. (20C.). These pastes also include a
paste forming vehicle ingredient which is a
nonhydrocarbon binder characterized by the presence of
carbon hydrogen and oxygen and the optional presence
of other hetero atoms. It has been found to be
advantageous as to antislump if the surface energy of
the entire vehicle system is above 43 dynes/cm.
To ~urther extend the utility of the soft
solder alloys, there may be added other ingredients,
such as, one or more surfactants, one or more
condensed or fused ring aliphatic acids, e.g., cholic
acid or abietic acid or rosin acids, and one or more
plastici2~rs such as di-n-~utyl phthalate. The pastes
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including a powdered soft solder alloy from a shiny
and coherent (î.e., coalesced) solder pool in a
controlled area of application.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
It has been found that slumping of a paste
composition containing a ma;or amount of a powdered
soft solder metal or so~t solder metal alloy can be
effectively controlled by a unique composition com-
posed of a nonhydrocarbon binder or a mixture of non-
lo hydrocarbon binders, e.g., rosin or rosin derivative,
dimer rosin, etc., thermoplastic resins, e.g.,
polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, etc., and a
polyhydric material, e.g., a glycerine and sodium
hydroxide. The combination of a nonhydrocarbon bindsr
having a melting point o~ at least 15C. and less than
the melting point of the matal, and a polyhydric
alcohol, such as a di- or triethanolamine, or
glycerine, or pentaerythritol, or the like, is
however, effeotive in maintaining quite substantially
the profile of the paste a~ it was initially deposited
on the surface or substrate. A solder paste requires,
however, a flux. At the fusion point, the metal in
the present compositions has not run or spattered or
balled up into small discrete balls of molten metal
prior to the fusion of the entire mass. A polyhydric
alcohol or polyol alone also is capable of con~erring
this property upon a paste composition containing a
ma~or amount of a metal or a metal alloy. However,
the composition i~ unsatis~actory as a soft solder
composition, requiring also a suitable binder with or
without a hydrocaxbon diluent and a noncorrosive or
organic flux.
To form a solder paste, the vehicle portions
hereof are blended with a powdered solder alloy to the
extent o~ from 75% to about 95~ metal by weight of the
paste, and desirably from 80% to 90~ and preferably
about 85% powdered metal. The particle size of the
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powdered metal is desirably such that it will not
settle out of the vehicle which is quite viscous
(20,000 to 200,000 cp~., Brookfield No. 7 spindle at
20 rpm) on standing. In general, the particle size is
less than 100 mesh (U.S. Standard Sieve Size),
desirably - 200 + 400 mesh. A mixture o~ various
sizes and/or shapes of metal powders often is ad-
vantagPous for achieving deQired rheology and oth~r
paste properties in these applications. Solder powder
particles are available in two forms, i.e., those
havi~g irregular shape and those having spharical
shape. Either sbape, or a mixture thereof may be
used, although the spherical shape is desired. Where
normally liquid hydrocarbon diluents are used~ e.g.,
toluene, the particle size o~ the solder powder should
be less than about 10 microns in order to minimize
settling.
Preparation of the vehicle and paste is
achieved with conventional stirring or blending means.
Warming can be done, if necessary or desired, to
facilitate by diRsolving or melting ingredients
tog~ther ~or putting them into very intimately dis-
persed condition and/or otherwise making a multiphase
dispQrsion with the ingredients in a very fina st~te
o~ subdivision preparatory to blending with the
metalliferous powder to form a mass of paste consis-
tency. Preferred compositions include additional
fluxing agents, optionally a sur~actant, optionally an
organic carboxyl~c acid, and optionally a diluent,
i.e., a plasticizer and/or ~olvent. Each of these
ingredients will be discussed below. Thereafter, the
solder alloys will be discussed followed by general
processing techniques, and specific examplas.
THE NONHYDROCARBON BINDER INGREDIENT
Nonhydrocarbon binders are preferred
ingredients for the metal paste compositions hereof.
The useful materials range in melting point from below
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about room tempe1^ature to normally so]id materials,
e.g., containing from 18 to 60 or more carbons and
melting in range oE 28C. to 100C. ~ e useful
binders also have a very low as or solid residue
content and eith~r melt and flow, sub];me and/or
thermally decompose at a temperature below the melting
point of t:he solder (i.e., below 330c.). The amount
of ash or solid r~sidue from the binder remaining of
the melt temperature should be less th~n 0.5~ and
preferabl~v less tllan 0.1%.
In my U.s. Reissue Patent No. 32309 issued December 16,
1986, I disclosed various hydrocarbon binders, especially
petroleum, as the preferred binder in the solder paste
vehicles. It has now been found that other organic media are
also effective in the practice of the basic invention, i.e.,
preventing slum of a powdered solder paste during heating to
a temperature sufficient to melt the solder by the use of a
vehicle system having a surface energy within a limited
range, e.g. 43 to 65 dynes/cm at 20C. and higher. These
organic media are compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen,
with or without other heteroatoms present. They are
desirably solid or semi-solid at 15 to 30C. or easily so
rendered by the use of solvents or diluents such as those
disclosed in my prior application and which melt and flow
~ith the other vehicle ingredients at a temperature below the
melting point of the solder alloy. Said application has
issued after the filing of this application into U.S. Patent
4,557,767 dated 10 Decemher 1985.
A particularly useful subgroup of these
binders consists of rosin and its derivatives. The
rosin may be wood rosin, gum rosin or tall oil rosin.
~ tall oil rosin binder is the preferred mode of
carrying out this invention. Other rosin derivatives
may be used to replace part or all of the tall oil
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rosin binder.
Tall rosins resulting ~rom tall oil
processing operations consists mainly of resin acids -
fused triple~ring polycyclic tertiary monocarboxylic
acids - typified by abietic acid. Other resin acids
found in tall oil rosin include levopimaric acid, neo-
abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, dihydroabietic
acid, tetrahydroabietic acid, pimaric acid, isopimaric
acid, and palustric acid with very minor amounts of
other related acids also being pxesent. Fsr present
purposes tall oil rosin can include any of the various
resin acids typical of tall oil rosin though
preferably a mixture of such resin acids as is
normally found in tall oil rosin resulting from tall
oil processing operations is used to form the novel
resinous mixture of the present invention. Other
rosins useful in the present invention include gum
rosin and derivatives thereof, wood rosin and
derivatives khereo~, or even mixtures of rosins if
desired.
Rosin pol~mer is composed mainly of dimer
resin acid with lesser quantities of higher polymeric
resin acids also being present. Rosin polymer can be
made by sub~ecting rosin (tall oil, wood, gum or
mixtures thereof) to a lcationic) polymerization
process in the presence of suitable acid catalysts
such as, for example, zinc chloride, tin chloride,
boron trifluoride and various boron trifluoride
complexes, sulfuric acid, and the like conventional
rosin, rosin polymerization catalysts. Generally,
about 0.1% to 0.2% catalyst by weight of the rosin is
used in conventional rosin polymerization processes.
Temperatures for the polymerization process normally
range from about 100C. to about 200C. Bleaching of
the rosin can be practiced as is necessary, desirable,
or convenient in conventional fashion.
An unsaturated carboxylic acid compound is
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grafted or reacted onto the rosin. Preferably, the
carboxylic acid is alpha-beta-ethylenically
unsaturated for grafting onto the rosin by reaction
with the unsaturation contained in the resin acid
found in the rosin. Additionally, one may conduct a
conventional Diels-Alder reaction for grafting an
unsaturated carboxylic acid onto the rosin. The
precise nature of the graft of the ionizable compound
onto the rosin need not be precisely characterized as
it is necessary only that the grafting acid be
chemically united with the rosin for purposes of the
present invention. Representative acids include, for
example, fumaric acid and its half ester, maleic acid
(including maleic anhydride) and its half ester,
maleic aaid (including maleic anhydride) and its half
ester, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and related
alkyl and aryl acrylic acids, itaconic acid (and
anhydride), and oligomers and copolymers of acrylics
and vinyl~ with ethylenically unsaturated acids (e.g.,
~tyrene/acrylic acid copolymers, etc.).
Alcohols for forming a carboxylic ester
attached to the rosin are monoalcohols or polyhydric
alcohols of Cl-C18 chain length and preferably a C6-
C10 ahain length, including hydroxyl bearing
equivalents such as a mono-epoxide or the like.
Representative mono-alcohols include, for example,
butanol, hexanol, octanol, decanol, cyclohexanol,
optionally with Cl-C4 substitution, e.g., 2-
ethylhexanol, and the like and mixtures thereof. A
presently preferred alcohol for such ester group
formation is methanol.
In forming the carboxylic acid ester-
modified rosin, the acid may be grafted onto the rosin
followed by the addition of the mono-ol to form ester
groups; the preformed ester of the grafting-acid, and
mono-ol reacted together to in situ form the acid
graft and ester; or the mono-ol can be added to the
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rosin followed by the addition of the grafting acid.
It should be noted that the ester may be formed from
the acid grafted onto the rosin; from the carboxy
group of the rosin, or combinations thereof. Of
course one skilled in the art will appreciate that
there are numerous modifications to the foregoing
reaction procedures which are included within the
spirit of this invention.
Broadly, the resinous mixture can be made
from 40-85% rosin, 5-20~ grafting acid, 10-30% mono-
alcohol, 10-30% polyol. Preferred proportions
presently are about 65% rosin, lO~ grafting acid, 20%
mono-alcohol, and 5% polyol (e.g., a glycol~.
Typically, about 1-2 equivalents of acid functionality
(rosin and grafting acid) per 0.5-1.5% equivalents of
hydroxyl functionality is used in making the novel
resinous mixture. The precise proportions of a
grafting acid and mono-ol used to modify the rosin are
adjusted so that the ionizable resinous mixture has a
softening point of less than about 125C.,
advantageously about -25 to 125C., and preferably
about 0-50C.: and acid number (A.N.) of between
about 30 and 150 and preferably between about 50 and
80. The particular type o~ rosin, gra~ting acid, and
alcohol will determine their individual proportions
for producing the product as defined herein. Also,
the novel ionizable resinous mixture can be admixed
with various other modified rosins, such as, for
example, rosin gra~ted with various acrylic or vinyl
monomers, oligomers, or copolymers; rosin grafter with
a carboxylic acid ester of other mono-ols, polyols,
polyepoxides, or the like; hydxocarbon resins; rosin;
rosin esters: phenolic modified rosin derivatives;
hydrogenated rosin derivatives; disproportionated
rosin derivaties: poly-terpene resins; and the like
and mixtures thereof.
5peci~ic examples of rosin or rosin
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derivatives useful herein include any of the rosins,
e.g., wood, gum, or tall oil rosin and derivatives
thereof; rosin esters o~ the foregoing monohydric and
polyhydria alcohols, hydrogenated and/or partially
hydrogenated rosin and hydrogenated and/or partially
hydxogenated rosin esters of the foregoing monohydric
and polyhydric alcohols, polymerized rosin, e.g.,
dimeric rosin and esters thereof, e.g., glyceryl
esters, pentaerythritol esters, etc., phenol rosin
ester, formaldehyde-rosin reaction product, and the
like.
Another particularly useful subsroup of
these binders are the homopolymers and heterpolymers,
e.g., copolymers and terpolymers o~ vinyl halides,
e.g., vinyl chloride, vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate,
vinyl butyrate, polyvinyl acetals, copolymers of such
vinyl monomers with vinylidene chloride, methacrylic
acid, acrylic acid, styrene, etc., copolymers of
vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride, copolymers of
vinylidene chloride with acrylonitrile, acrylamide,
etc.
Another useful subgroup of these binders
comprises the thermoplastic polyacrylates and
pol~methylmethacrylates. Polymers of acrylates of
primary aliphatic alcohols containing 4 to 12 carbon
atoms are soft and pliable. Those of ring containing
aromatic and aliphatic hydroxyl compounds are less
pliable. These polymers are readily copolymerized
with other monomers. Ethyl acrylate may be
homopolymerized or copolymerized with another
acrylate, e.g., 2-chloroethyl acrylate, forming a
useful binder. Ethyl acrylate with styrene forms
another useful binder.
Another useful subgroup of these binders
comprises the acrylonitrile polymers and copolymers,
e.g., with methacrylamide.
Polyesters such as polyethylene
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terephthalate may also be used as bin~ers herein. Alkyl
resins are of this class.
of the esters, the ATLAC (a trademark) products, such as
711, specifically 711-05-A, and 382, obtainable from ICI of
America; and of the epoxy resins "EPON" 828 (a trademark) of
the Shell Chemical Company have been mainly used herein. The
polyesters are generally preferred to be unsaturated monomers
such as styrene. Such may bP sele~ted from such U.S. Patents
as Nos. 2,607,756; 2l705,836; 2,743,309; 2,819,248;
2,851,379; 3,018,267; 3,129,110; 3,217,066; 3,~22,421;
3,227,665; 3,232,893;3,331,796; ~nd 3,551,378, among others.
Those of Hooker Chemical Co. identified as "HETRON" (a
trademark) brand polyesters, the "DERAKANE 510-40" (a
trademark) brand polyesters of Dow Chemical Co. as well as
polyesters from the Celanese, American Cyanamid, and Rohm &
~aas Corporations may be used.
If unsatuxntion is presellt In the polyester,
conve.ntional promoters such as cobalt nap}lthenate and
conventional catalysts, such as methyl ethyl ketone
peroxide, are added. ~he promoter is usually in
li~uid Eorm as a 6% solution and amoull-ts up to about
4~ of the total weight of the mixture being used. The
solvent l.s usually an oryanic, volatile material and
may be a polymerizable material, such as styrene.
Usually, the solvent for the promoter and catalyst is
dimethyl phthalate. Simllarly, the peroxide, be it
methyl ethyl ketone peroxide or benzoyl peroxide or
any other similar compounds is readily blended in,
generally, in amounts up to about 2.0% based on the
total weight of the mixture. The polyester/vinyl
monomer ratio is usually between ljlO and lO/l by
weight.
The preferred epoxy resins are those
prepared rom bisphenols such as Bisphenol "A" and an
epihalohydrin such as epichlorohydrin. The epoxy
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material may be selected from such polymers mentioned
in Brenner et al High-Temperature Plastics* (*Reinhold
Publishing Corporation (1962)).
Saturated polymers may be employed as, for
example, alkyd resins, the polyesters made from
polyhydric alcohols and polycarboxylic acids or
anhydrides; polymer and copolymers of ethylene
terephthalate, as, ~or example, poly (ethylene-
terephthalate): polyamides from diamines such as
hexamethylene diamine and adipic acid or from other
polyamide forming ingredients, such as e-caprolactam,
polyimides; polyhydrocarbons, as, for example, poly-
ethylene and polypropylene; polyurethanes, as, for
example, those made from toluene diisocyanate and
polyhydric materials as glycols and alkoxylated
pentaerythritol or sorbitol; polyhalo polymers, as,
for example, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl fluoride or
poly(tetrafluoroethylene) or copolymers of
tetrafluoroethylene; the polyacrylics, among many
others. 0~ the many polymers that can be beneficially
modified by use of the retardant mixtures of this
invention, the thermosetting resins are preferred.
Since there are many unsaturated monomers
that are inexpensive, it is frequently desirable to
use them in con~unction with other polymers, as the
above mentioned unsaturated polyester~, effecting
copolymerization. Such monomers are found in U.S.
Patent Nos. 2,443,735; 2,407,479; 2,491,404; 2,931,784
and 3,210,441 and include the vinyl monomers such as
vinyl acetate, vinyl chloride, and acrylonitrile, as
well as the allyl monomers exemplified by allyl
acetate and diallyl phthalate; the acids, as, for
example, acrylic and maleic acid and methacrylic acid;
aromatic monomers, such as styrene, divinyl ben2ene,
and vinyl pyridine and esters as methyl acrylate,
methyl methacrylate and diethyl fumarate. While such
monomers can conqtitute up to 90% by weight of the
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shaped article usually amounts from about 30% to about
70% by weight are used, it being preferred to have
present a performed polyester or epoxy resin in the
curable composition.
Thus a great many classes o~ binders of the
thermoplastic or thermosetting types containing
carbon, ~ydrogen and oxygen and having ~elting points
or decomposition points below that of the powdered
solder metal alloy, e.g., below 400C. may be used as
the binder ingredient in the solder pastes of this
invention. Often plasticizer materials may be
required to develop the proper consistency of the
solder paste. These plasticizers and their mode of
use are well known to those skilled in the art.
Tha binder ingredient is utilized in an
amount which ranges from 10 to 90 pbw of the vehicle
system, or 0.7% to 22.5% of the solder paste. A non-
aqueous organia liquid ha~ing a surface energy in the
range of 43 to 65 or higher dyn~s/cm appears to be
essential for the slump control characteristics of the
present powdered metal pastes. Although water has a
high sur~aao energy as does sulfurla acid, these
materials are not satisfactory because o~ spattering
or reactivity at elevated t~mperatures.
2 5 SLUMP CONTROL SYSTEM
A~ indiaated above, the ability of a soft
solder paste to resist hot slump, or running during
softening and melting is essential in modern micro-
electronic processing and particularly silk and
stencil screening of so~k solder pastes. It hae been
found that a combination of a nonhydrocarbon binder as
above defined, and particularly rosin, and a non-
aqueous organic liquid composition having a surface
tension at 20C. greater than 43 dynes/cm., and
comprising preferably one or more polyhydric alcohols
containing 2 to 6 OH groups and having a surface
tension or energy of from ~3 to 65 or higher dynes/cm.
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at 20C., is effective in providing a good paste and
in preventing slumping of the metal particles. The
binder alone with powdered soft solder composition
appears incapable of conferring this property to any
degree. Nonaqueous organic liquid alone gives suffi-
cient antislump properties but sometimes insufficient
soldering properties. 50ft solder pastes also require
a flux and to obtain the noncorrosiveness required in
modern electronic applications the flux should not be
an inorganic salt, e.g., ZnC12, NH4Cl, or borax, this
latter being highly hydrated and thus given to
spattering. Although the nonhydrocarbon binders
contribute little to the surface energy o~ the
vehicle, the surface energy of the entire vehicle
system is influential in conferring antislump
properties on the solder paste compositions and
accordingly khe surface energy of the entire vehicle
system should be less than 43 dynes/cm. at 20C. and
preferably between 43 and 65 dynes/cm. or higher.
~he active antislump agents hereof are
generally polar compounds.
~able I below gives specific examples of
liquids of various kinds useful in inhibiting slump.
The polyol~ useful herein are aliphatic and normally
liquid or of relatively low melting point, i.e., below
about 170C. and include ethylene glycol, diethylene
glycol, propylene glycol, dipropylene glycol,
sorbitol, mannitol, trimethylolethane,
trimethylolpropane, diethanolamine, triethanolamine,
pentaerythritol, and erythritol. These polyols coact
with a nonhydrocarbon, especially tall oil rosin the
absence of water and in the presence of a finely
divided metal powder to control slumping on heating
and to provide a satisfactory paste medium. A fluxing
agent either as a separate ingredient, e.g., sodium
hydroxide, or as a moiety of the polyol (e.g.,
triethanolamine or diethanolamine) must be present.
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The secondary or tertiary amine group appears to be
suitable for fluxing. The polyol is generally
insoluble in the binder. The amount of liquid polyol
constitutes from about 0.5% to 10.0% by weight of the
vehicle and powdered solder metal composition.
A comparative study of various agents in
88.9% powdered metal compositions demonstrates the
significance of the limitation respecting surface
energy or surface tension.
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TABLE I
Slump~Resistance Study
tFor 60% Sn: 40% Pb Powdered Metal)*
Surface
5 Tension Antislump Slump
Tenion Agent Resistan__ Remarks
63.4 7% NaOH~3% Glycerine Yes Fluxing
occurred
63.4 Glycerine ~es No fluxing
58.2 Formamide Yes Little
fluxing
occurred
55.1 Conc H2SO4 Yes Oxidizing
occurred
50.8 Methylene IodideYes P/M turned
green
15 48.4 Triethanolamine Yes Fluxing
occurred
48.5 Diethanolamine Yes Fluxing
occurred
48.3 Monoethanolamine~es
47.7 Ethylene Glycol Yes Little
~luxing
occurred
45.2 Triethylene Glycol YQS Little
fluxing
occurred
44.0 Tetraethylene Glycol Yes Little
fluxing
occurred
44.5 Polyethylene Glycol 200 Yes Little
fluxing
occurred
44.5 Polyethylene Glycol 600 Yes Little
fluxing
occurred
42.9 Aniline No
40.9 Phenol No Solid
Chemical
38.0 Pyridine No
36.8 Nitromethane No
: 32.7 Acetic anhydride No Oxidizing
occurred
*Note: 1. Formula used for ælump resistance studies:
88.9% ~97.5% Pb; 1.0% Sn; 1.5% Ag) + 7.8% Rosin + 3.3%
Antislump agent.
Paste was examined on Cu coupon a~ designated temperature.
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TABLE I (Continued)
Slum~Resistance Study
(For__0~J~1L_Ll~ ___Powdered Metal)*
32.5 Oleic acid No
32.3 Carbon Disulfide No
27.8 Acetic Acid No Oxidizing
occurred
27.5 n Octyl alcohol No
25.5 Cyclohexane No
24.2 Ethyl bromide No
10 23.0 i-8utyl alcohol No
20.7 Vaseline - No
*Note: 1. Formula used for slump resistance studies:
88.~9% (97.5% Pb; 1.0% Sn; 1.5% Ag) + 7.8% Rosin + 3.3%
Antislump agent.
Paste was examined on Cu coupon at designated
temperatuxe.
Table II below shows the hot slump effect on
a solder composition using the "antislump agent" as the
sole vehicle.
TABLE II
Slump~Resistance Study
(For 60~ snL 40% Pb/Sinqle Phase Vehicle System)
Sur~ace
'rensiOn Antislump Slump
Dyne/Cm) Agent Resistance Remarks
63.4 7% NaOH/93% Glycerine Yes Excellent
Soldering
63.4 Glycerine Yes
55.I Conc H2SO4 Yes oxidizing
occurred
50.8 CH2I2 Yes
30 48.9 TrIethanolamine Yes
47.7 Ethylene Glycol Yes
40.9 Phenol No Solid
Chemical
38.0 Pyridine -- P~M ppt'd
quickly
27.5 n-Octyl alcohol -- P/M ppt'd
quickly
35 -- Vaseline No
Note: 1. Paste was examined on Cu coupon at 235C.
2. The vehicle NaOHjglycerine also provided good
slump resistance for Nordox Red Cuprous. (Cu2O).
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Table III below shows the effect of
temperature on hot slump resistance with selected
polyols and other additives.
TABLE III
5Slump~Resistance Study
~Temp. Effect)
Surface
Tension Antislump Temp. (C.~ Slump
~Dyne/Cm.~ Agent at Test Resistance
48.9 Triethanolamine 150 Yes
235 Yes
325 Yes
44.5 Polyethylene 150 Yes
Glycol 200 235 Yes
325 Yes
42.9 Aniline 159 No
235 No
325 No
38.0 Pyridine 150 No
235 No
325 No
Note: 1. Formula used for slump resistance studies:
88.9% (97.5~ Pb; 1.0~ Sn; 1.5% Ag) ~ 7.8%
Rosin ~ 3.3% Antislump agent.
Pasta was examined on Cu coupon at designated
temperature~
2. When the paste was examined on substrate which
has been surface treated with FC-723* (surface
tension 11 dyne/cm.), the slump resistance
behavior was still about the same as that on
the Cu coupon.
*Fluorad FC-723 is an oleophilic, hydrophobic fluorocarbon
in an inert vehicle having a specific gravity of 1.78
produced by 3M.
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The antislump agents hereof may comprise a
single compound such as glycerine, or a plurality of
ingredients which are liquid or solid at ordinary
temperatures. The agents, or composition of ingredients
mainly responsible for conferring antislump properties
generally have a surface energy within the desired range
of 43 to 65 dynes/cm. at 20C. apart from the binder
portion of the vehicle. However, it is desirable from
the standpoint of antislump characteristics of the
solder paste, if the entire vehicle system including the
binder and the antislump agent or agents has a surface
energy in the range of 43 to 65 dynes/cm. at 20C. or
higher.
FLUXING SYSTEM
A~ indicated above, there must be present a
noncorrosive anhydrous fluxing system in a solder paste
composition hereof. The fluxing system may be a single
chemical specie dissolved or dispersed in the
binder/polyol system. Alternatively, the fluxing system
may aomprise a plurality of ~luxing agents dissolved or
dispersed in the binder/polyol system. ~est results
have been secured with alkali or basic reacting fluxing
agents, and particularly alkali metal hydroxides. These
can be used as solutions in the polyol or as alcoholates
of a monohydric or polyhydric alcohol, e.g., methyl,
ethyl or isopropyl alcohol, dissolved in the polyol, or
the alkali metal salt of the polyol, e.g., sodium
glycerate.
The alkali metal hydroxide in such component
is a preferred noncorrosive fluxing agent and is
effective in a proportion of about 0.1-5% by weight of
the vehicle, and, advantageously, 0.25-3.5~. The liquid
polyol can constitute from about 0.5 to 75.0~ by weight
~ of the vehicle, and advantageously, about 40%. on the
basis of the entire solder paste, the amount of polyol
ranges from about .3 to 20.0%. The alkali metal
hydroxides useful herein include in descending order of
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preference sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide,
lithium hydroxide and cesium hydroxide. Such alkali
metal hydroxides have a limited solubility in polyhydric
alcohols or mixtures of same that are liquid and are
conveniently used in concentrations at or n~ar the limit
of solubility, i.e., less than about 10% by weight o~
the polyol. As indicated, they can be present as an
alkali metal alcoholate, e.g., sodium ethylate,
dissolved or well dispersed in the polyol, the
alcoholate being equivalent to the hydroxide. The
polyhydric alcohols include glycerine (which is
preferred), ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol,
propylene glycol, sorbitol, mannitol, pentaerythritol,
erythritol, etc., containing from 2 to 6 O~ groups. A
sodium hydroxide/glycerine solution is particularly
effective and may be used as the sole fluxing agent, or
it may be used in combination with an alkanolamine,
e.g., triethanolamine or diethanolamine to provide
effective fluxing sy~tems for the instant pastes.
A useful fluxing ingredient is also provided
as an amine component of the vehicle. Such component is
e~fective in a broad proportion, e.g., about 2-40~ by
weight of the vehiale and, advantageously 3-10%. ~he
essential functional group of this component is an
~ R
R2
wherein R, Rl, and R2 are independently selected from
hydrogen, alkyl, alkylene, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylene,
carboxyalkylene, aminoalkylene, hydroxyalkylene,
carbonylalkyl, etc., no more than two of R, Rl and R2
being hydrogen. The alkyl and cycloalkyl groups may
contain from 1 to 30 carbon atoms. The amine aomponent
~ may contain one to three amino groups. A particularly
useful group of amine compounds is the water soluble
alkanolamine group including mono-, di-, and
trimethanolamines, mono-, di-, and triethanolamines;
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mono-, di-, and tripropanolamines, and mixtures of the
mono-, di-, and trialkanolamines. Alkyl and cycloalkyl
amines, particularly the C2-Cl8 mono and polyamines,
e.g., triethylamine, tri-isopropylamine, diethylamine,
mono-n-butyl amine, propylene diamine cyclohexylamine,
cy d opropyl methylamine, tetramethylene diamine, rosin
amine, cyclohexylamine hydrochloride, cyclohexylene
amine, diaminoethylamine, diaminopropylamine, etc.
Thus, the kind and configuration of the amino compounds
useful herein are very broad and results among the
examples are reasonably equivalent for fluxing. Amidino
and guanidino fluxing agents, advantageously aliphatic
ones, can be considered as useful amines for ~he instant
purpose. Aromatic amines, while functional, often
impart toxicity and therefore are not favored.
Similarly, pyridine-type materials, such as, pyridine or
a lutedine give off intensely objectionable odors and
are not favored, could be considered functioning like
amines here. The pre-ferred amines are the
alkanolamines. Also useful to supplement the base
system are the amino acids, particularly the water
soluble amino-acids, e.g., amino-acetic acid, beta-
aminopropionic acid, (beta-alanine) aminobutyric acids,
epsilon- aminocaproic acid, N-methylglycine, betaine,
alpha-delta-diaminovaleric aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Thus, urea, propionamide, butanamide, 2,2-
dimethylpropionamide, N-methylpropion-amide, N,N-beta-
trimethylbutyramide, steroylamide, etc., can be such
base system supplements.
OTHER FLUXING AND/OR SOLDERABILITY INGREDIENTS
Organic carboxylic acids are useful as fluxing
and/or solderability ingredients, particularly in a
supplemental role in combination with the other
ingredients described above~ Any high boiling (above
300C.) aliphatic carboxylic acid may be used. I
prefer, however, to use condensed ring acids such as
abietic acid, cholic acid, rosin acids, polymerized
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rosin acids, hydrogenated rosin acids rosin esters dis-
proportionated rosin ester gum, wood rosin, gum rosin,
tall oil rosin (when rosin or a rosin derivative such as
above described is not the nonhydrocarbon binder), or
fatty acids such as stearic acid, oleic acid, etc.
Fatty amine and fatty acid compounds are also useful in
this capacity. Examples include N-tallow-1,3-
diaminopropane, 3-diaminopropane dioleate, etc. The
acids are used in small amounts of from 0.5 to 10% by
weight of the vehicle composition, or on the basis of
the fully formulated solder paste, from about .03% to
about 2.5%.
It has also been found that a surfactant may
be advantageously included in the vehicles hereof.
Although such surfactant or wetting agent may be
anionic, cationic, amphoteric, or nonionic, nonionic
agents are preferred. Many surfactant materials are
known. They are used in the present vehicles to help to
control the rheological propsrtie~, shelf~ e
stabiliky, air voids, etc. The amount used is
determined by cut and try and is that amount which is
sufficient to impart the desired aontrol. These agents
assist in the dispersion of the powdered metal and in
carrying the fluxing agent to the surfaces being joined
or coated. Generally, less than 10% by weight each o~
other ingredients is used and usually from .01% to 5% by
weight of the vehicle or 0.001% to about 4.5~ of the
solder paste.
Specific surfactants include the
alkylarylpolyether alcohols, ammonium perfluorinated
carboxylates, fluorinated alkyl esters of fatty acids,
acetylenic glycols (which as sometimes can get as a
defoamer), polyoxyethylene sorbitan monostearate, etc.
Surfactants commonly used in solder pastes may be used
herein.
Solvents and/or diluents may also be present
in the vehicle compositions hereo~. For example, when a
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paste containing powdered solder metal is to be used in
a screen printing process, solvents are conveniently
used to ajust the viscosity to a satisfactory level.
Solvent materials are desirably volatile, at laast at
the melting point of the solder alloy. Any solvent
including low molecular weight alcohols, e.g., ethyl or
propyl, isopropyl, butyl, amyl, cyclohexyl, terpene
alaohols, etc.; ketones, e.g., methyl ethyl ketone,
methyl isobutyl kekone; 2-butoxyethanol-1, ethylene
glycol dimethyl sulfoxide, hydrocarbons, e.g., kerosene,
terpene hydrocarbons, hexane, cyclohexan~, heptane,
octane, naphthas such as mineral spirits, ethyl acetate,
amyl acetate, etc. The solvent ingedient may also
include higher boiling materials commonly regarded as
plasticizers such as dibutyl phthalate, tricresyl
phosphate, etc.
The selection of the solvent and/or diluent is
controlled by the end use, cost, environmental factors,
desired plasticity, etc. The solvent or diluent leaves
the system after application to a substrate as in screen
printing, the residue being the solder paste composltion
hereof.
Minor amounts of known odorants, bactericides,
fungicides etc., may also be included in the vehicles
hereof if desired. Amounts o~ such ingredients usually
range from about 0.1 to 2% by weight of the vehicle.
PREPARAT~ON 0 THE VEHICLES
The simplest preparation of the vehicles
hereof involves only effective mechanical mixing of the
ingredients into the binder ingredient, e.g., rosin or
polyvinyl alcohol.
The binder can, if desired or necessary, be
heated to melt it and facilitate the blending operation.
Warming of some ~f the other ingredients also can bP of
help. It is not necessary that the mixture be a
solution. The paste-like vehicle can be cloudy and
contain one or more phases with the disperse phase fine
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enough so that it will not separate substantially on
standing.
The materials discussed in detail above are
consider to be ingredients of the vehicles hereof.
THE METAL POWDER
Solder compositions useful herein as the metal
powder for blending with the above described vehicles to
form a paste, or for extrusion of a hollow wire for
making a cored solder wire, are well known. A number of
representative compositions useful herein are given in
the Taylor et al article, supra. In general the solder
compositions have a melting point in the range of from
about 118C. to about 330C. and comprise tin together
with lPad and/or silver. Other metals such as zinc,
aluminum, bismuth, cadmium, nickel, indium and cadmium
may also be used in the æolder compositions.
For making a solder paste, the metal powder is
aomminuted so that it is easily and stably dispersed in
the vehiale by grinding, ball milling~ paddle blending,
ribbon blender, etc. The entire powder should pass
through a 50 mesh sareen (U.S. Sieve Series) (297
microns). Typically, the powder is finer than 100 mesh
(149 microns) because larger particles are difficult to
disperse and maintain in suspension in the paste. A
~25 particle slze in the range of -200 ~400 mesh (U`OS. Sieve
Series) is preferred. Even smaller particle sizes,
i.e., 10 microns or less are desired where normally
liguid hydrocarbons are used in the vehicle as in silk
screening paste compositions. For most purposes, from 3
to 20 parts by weight of solder metal powder is blending
with 1 part by weight of vehicle. The paste composi-
tions hereof generally will have a viscosity in the
range of 20,000 cps to~200,000 cps. The preferred
apparent viscosity will depend on the method of dis-
pensing or application o~ the solder paste to thematerials to be joined. Hand ~rowelling pastes are more
satisfactory at the higher apparent viscosities than
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pastes intended for automatic dispensing such as
extruding, flowing or spraying onto a substrate or those
which are most suited for application to a substrate,
e.g., a printed circuit, by a screen pxinted process.
Viscosity can be controlled easily by the amount of
solvent or solvent mixture and/or plasticizer employed
in the vehicle, or by the vehicle to powder ratio~
Pastes often are degassed at reduced pressure.
In fabricating cored solder wire, conventional
procedures are used substituting a vehicle of the
present invention for a conventional core composition
such as a rosin based paste.
Effective control of hot slump in soIder
pastes is demon trated by the following specific
examples. These examples are intended to enable those
skilled in the art to apply the principles of this
invention in practical embodiments, but are not intended
to limit the scope of the invention. In this
specificat~on all temperatures are in degrees Celsius
unless otherwise expressly stated, and sieve sizes are
for the U.S. Standard Sieve series.
Testing for resistance to hot slump of a
solder paste was done by applying a deposit of the paste
tabout 5 mm diameter by 4-5 mm high) by spatula to a
copper coupon, then gradually and automatically warming
the coupon with a Browne Corporation reflow instrument
(in effect an automated travelling hot plate) ~rom room
temperature to 330 in about a half-minute to a minute.
The thus - heated deposit was observed visually for
collapse of the metal prior to its fusing as the vehicle
disappeared therefrom. Significant collapse of parti-
culate metal of the deposit prior to its fusion would
indicate hot slump~ None of the exemplary pastes given
below showed significant hot slump. In the case of
solder paste the spreading of molten metal from the
deposit area was also observed in the same test. None
of the exemplary tin-containing solder pastes given
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below showed significant spreading over the coupon; all
had desirably restricted ~low. Great spreading away
from the locus of application is undesirable ~or many
applications such as soldering in the manufacture of
electronic devices.
In the following examples the following
designations have the following identities:
Triton* N~60 = alpha-(nonylphenyl)-omega-hydroxy-
poly(oxy-1,2~ethanediyl), (Registry
No.: 9016-45-9).
* The trademark of Rohm & Haas Company.
Armeen* HT = bis(hydrogenated tallow alkyl)amine,
Armeen* RC = bis(C14-C16 hydrocarbon alkyl)amine,
Duomeen* T = N-tallow trimethylene diamine, and
Duomeen~ TD0 = N-tallow trimethylene diamino
dioleate, respectively.
* The trademarks of Akzona, Inc.
. . . _
PEG* 60Q0 DS - alpha-(l-oxooctadecyl)-omega-[(l-oxo-
octadecyl)oxy] poly(oxy-1,2-
ethanediyl), (Reg. No.: 9005-08-07),
PEG* 6000 = alpha hydro-omega-hydroxy-poly(oxy-
1,2-ethanediyl), Reg. No.: 25322-68-
3, Carbowax* 3350 - a polyoxyethylenic wax,
n-Hexyl
Carbitol* = diethylene glycol mono n-hexy ether,
and
Butyl
Carbitol* = diethylene glycol monobutyl ether,
respecti~ely.
* The trademarks of Union Carbide Corp.
Fluorad*
FC-340 = a liquid fluorocarbon.
* The trademark of 3M Company.
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Surfynol* 104E = 5-decyne-4,7-diol, 2,4,7,9-
tetramethyl, Reg. No.: 126-86-3
* The trademark of Air Products and
Chemicals, Inc.
Dowanol* DM = 2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethanol,
(Reg. No~ 111-77-3), and
Dowanol~ DE = 2-[2-ethoxyethoxy)ethanol, (Reg. No.
111-90-0), respectively.
* The trademarks of Dow Chemical Company
Pastes tabulated below were made by blending
the noncorrosive fluxing ingredients, metal powder and
other solderability ingredients with binder in a molten
condition, then blending in the other vehicle ingre
dients when the mass cooled to 32. The specification
for the solder powders was 5% max. +200 mesh, 4% max.
-325 mesh. The formulations were evaluated according to
standards established ~or electronic grade solder
pastes. Accordingly, although some of the exemplified
pastes may not have met all the electronic grade
criteria, they were operative for other utilization such
as for making a joint using a trowel to apply the paste.
Of khe exemplified solder pastes, those preferred for
microelectronics work showed no solder balling.
In the solder tests no spattering was observed
during heating to effect melting, and no significant hot
slump or solder spreading was observed that is, they had
good restriction of flow. Furthermore, there was no de-
wetting in evidence on the copper substrate, and clean-
ing o~ a joint easily could be had with a suitable or-
ganic solvent, e.g., a petroleum naphtha, alcohol, etc.
It is convenient to illustrate the present
invention in the vehicles hereof by giving specific
examples thereof. It will be understood that these
examples are for illustrative purposes only. Those
skilled in the art having knowledge now o~ the various
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nonhydrocarbon binders mentioned above and the specific
examples below and in the aforesaid U.S. Patent
4,557,767 will be enabled to compound many vehicles in
accordance herewith. It is necessary only to substitute
on a weight for weight basis the nonhydrocarbon binders
disclosed herein for the hydrocarbon binders disclosed
in said is~ued U.S. Patent.
A typical vehicle having antislump properties
when compounded with a powdered soft solder metal alloy
has a composition in accordance with the following
general formula:
In~redient Weiqht %
Picolinic Acid O-10
Tall Oil Rosin 15-60
Butyl Carbitol 0-20
Glycerine 5-55
A sample vehicle has the ~ollowing composition:
Tall Oil Rosin 40
Glycerine 40
~ ~utyl Carbitol 20
The glycerine has a surface energy o~ 63.4 dynes/cm. at
20C. and the sur~aae energy o~ the above vehicle is
between 43 and 65 dynes/cm. at 20C. A powdered solder
metal alloy may be mixed with the vehicles hereof in
amounts generally ranging from 80~ to 94% by weight,
balance vehicle. In a typical example, a 62% tin, 36
lead, 2% 6ilver solder alloy powder having a particle
size in the range of -200 mesh (U.S Standard Sieve
Size) to +400 mesh in the amount of 85% by weight is
thoroughly blended with 15% by weight the above sample
vehicle.
The following are typical solder paste
compositions which will or are expected to impart high
flow restrictivity (generally maintaining original shape
deposited no less than 90%).
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EXAMPLE I
Rosin ~ngE~lQn~ Weight %
Tall Oil Ro~ln 4.9
Glutamic Acid 0.6
Butyl Carbitol 5.7
Triathanolamine 1.2
Rheological Additive 2.6
Solder Powder 85.0
EXAMPLE II
PVAC Inaredient Weiaht
Polyvinyl Acetate 3-11
Butyl Acetate 1-3
Dibutyl Ph~halate 0.7-2
Glycerine 0.4-10
~heological Additives Balance to 15%
Solder Powder 85.0
EXAMPLE III
Polyvinyl
Acekal Ingredient Wei~ht %
Polyvinyl ~utyral 1-6
Butyl Aaetate 1-3
Isopropyl Alcohol 1-3
Glycerine 0.5-10
Other Rheological
Additives Balance to 15%
Solder Powder 85.0
EXAMPLE IV
Acrylic,
Polymer Inqr~diell~ Weighk %
Acrylio Polymer 3-8
Ethyl Acetate 3-10
Triethanola~ine 0.5-10
Other Rheological
Additives Balance to 15
Solder Powder 85.0
In each of the foregoing examples the specific
antislump agents (e.g., listed in Table I) has surface
tensions or energies withln the range of 43 to 65
dynes/cm. at 20C. as did the vehicles minus the solder
powder ingredient.
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